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2. W. DAY v MOLDING Filed 001,- 29. 1921 Patented Nov. 25, 1924.

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Application filed October 29, 1921. Serial Nb. 511.37%.

To all wiwm it may concern:

Be it known thatI, ZENO W.-DAY, a citizen of the United States'ofAmerica, and resident of Newark, in the county ofEssex 5 and State ofNew J ersey,.have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMoldings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a molding for the suspension of bulletins,exhibits, plans,

10 drawings and the like, and is intended for use as substitutes fortacks, nails, hooks or the like of a stationary character which areapplied to papers or fabrics containing maps,

I printing or drawings which are to be exibited.

An object of this invention is to provide novel means whereby hooks maybe adjustably sup orted from the molding, in orderthat the ooks may bespaced apart different 20 distances to suit particular requirements andto act as supports fpr bodies of different lengths and thus eliminatethe driving of tacks or thumb tacks for this purpose. In using the termbody, the inventor wishes to be understood as meaning any paper, fabricor other element on which printing, illustration or drawin is carried.The inven-' tion is particularly a apted for use in school rooms and thelike, and is used also as a molding across the top of black boards,bulletin boards and similar equipment.

In the commercial development of the invention, many uses will be foundfor it, but enough has been said, it is thought, to give so a fair ideaof its utility, it being the purpose of the inventor to provide aninexpensivebracket or base element adapted to be sanitary, as itsstructure enables it to be easily cleaned on the inside, and it alsogives the so proper finish, as it is capable of use in place of themoldin usually fastened along the top of black boar s. It may beanchored in a wall coatin such as plaster during the construction 0 abuilding, the said device being ca-' a pable of receiving slidescarrying hooks or supports for bodies such as has been described. p

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe details of combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully setforth and claimed.

In describing the 111V8I1t1011 m' detail, ref:

erence will be had to the accompanying c5 drawings forming part of thisapplication charts, bulletins and thelike. The flange stitute a whereinlike characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and inwhich v V f Figure 1 illustrates a viewin erspective of my improvedmolding including the adto justable hooks;

Figure 2 illustrates airont view of a fragment thereof; I r i a I Figure3 illustrates an enlarged detailed sectional view on the line 3-3 ofFig. 2 and Figure 4 illustrates an enlarged-perspective view of theslide used in the bracket oi. the molding. v v I In carrying theinvention into practice, I form a hollow molding ofsheet metal which tomay be in the nature of an elongated bracket having a'base 6, a back 5at right angles to the base, and a top flange 7 the latter of which ispreferably bent forwardly and downwardly from the top of the back, butterminating it? shortofthe front edge of the base to form an openin atthe front of the said bracket. The base as a series of apertures 8 whichmay receive fastenings such as tacks or the like, being easilyaccessible through the opening at the front. The back wall ofthe brackethas a series of apertures 9 which may also receive fastenings when thebracket is to be secured against the face of aboard or a ainst the wallof a room, it being made that 85 the bracket shall becomparativelylong,-in. order that the supporting elements may be spaced apart, to agreater or less extent, to engage bodies of different lengths.

The molding constitutes a bearing for the so slides 10 which fit andslide in the bracket, it being the pu ose of the inventor that thebodies of the slides shall be of the co rationof the channel in thebracket, and t at shoulders 11 should be formed thereon which as willconstitute bearin to engage the edge of the flange 7, in or or thatundue oscillation of the slide will be prevented, since the shoulderwillengage the edge of the flange and prevent it from turning laterally.

- loo Each slide is provided with a hook 12, the

"shank 13 of which projects-from the slide,

and the hook may be of any appropriate con- 1 figuration, preferably ofthat illustrated in 50. construction, and in the arrangement and thedrawing, as such a hook has been found 1 efiicient in holding bodiessuch as mapsf,

0 a the bracket is preferably rovided with a notch or- :pening 14 ct sucsize as to con-. earanoe' for the reception of the. E 8

bracket and then slides, and if the bracket is of great length such aswould be necessary to reach from one end of a room to another, aplurality of notches might be supplied, in order that it will beunnecessary to move the slides a very great distance with relation tothe bracket after they have been applied to the bracket. It will beapparent, however, that with the provision of the notches at pointsbetween the ends of the bracket. it will be'unnecessary to insert theslides in the ends of the to move them to positions between the ends ofa room.

It is furthermore apparent that a device made in accordance with thisinvention will be of inexpensive construction, since the channel iron orbracket can be produced by the rolling processes now in common use,whereas the slides and hooks can be expeditiously manufactured. V

This molding is adapted for new installations, and can also be used toreplace the old fashioned wooden molding on the tops of black boards andpartitions, presenting a finished appearance, beinginconspicuous,"easily attached and easily cleaned on the inside byrunning a cloth along the bracket. It is located where maps, bulletinsand other papers used ,in school work can be suspended and changed atwill at the proper and usual place without the present disfiguration ofthe wood-work by tacks.

I claim:

1. A hollow molding formed of sheet metal bent toform a flat base, arear wall per pendicular to the base, a top wall extending forwardly anddownwardly from the top of the rear wall and terminating above and inrear of the front of the base so as to leave an opening whereby materialcan be swept from the base through the opening, and a slide fitting inthe molding and projecting through the opening and having a hook eX-tending beyond the molding, the base having openings for screws, saidopenings being disposed near the front edge of the base and therebyaccessible from above.

2. A hollow sheet metal molding formed with a fiat base, a rear wall ata right angle to the base and an inclined top wall extendingfrom the topof the rear wall toward the front edge of the base but terminating shortof the base to form a longitudinal slot, a slide fitting the slot andextending beyond and slightly above wall, and a hook extending from thefront of "the slide and beyond the front of the molding,

ZENO W. DAY.

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